Re: [mechanix@debian.org: Bug#169709: idesk: could use a better description]

2002-11-22 Thread Thorsten Sauter
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 05:18:23PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
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many thinks for help.

Bye
Thorsten

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Re: [mechanix@debian.org: Bug#169709: idesk: could use a better description]

2002-11-21 Thread Colin Walters
On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 15:56, Thorsten Sauter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> anyone can agree that this is a little bit more clearer?
> 
> 
> 
> Description: Display program shortcuts as icons on desktop
>  With idesk you can define shortcut's for several programs

The apostophe is an error.

>  and display these icons with a short description on the
>  desktop of any window manager.

I'd just drop the "of any window manager".

>  .
>  It can use png images as icon source (including transparent

That should be "including transparency", and I'd capitalize PNG.

>  support) and support antialised fonts to print the description.

This last bit is awkward, and has two typos; I would instead write:

...and supports using antialiased fonts for the description.
or maybe just
...and supports antialiased fonts.




[mechanix@debian.org: Bug#169709: idesk: could use a better description]

2002-11-21 Thread Thorsten Sauter

Hi,

anyone can agree that this is a little bit more clearer?



Description: Display program shortcuts as icons on desktop
 With idesk you can define shortcut's for several programs
 and display these icons with a short description on the
 desktop of any window manager.
 .
 It can use png images as icon source (including transparent
 support) and support antialised fonts to print the description.



Thanks for you help...


- Forwarded message from Filip Van Raemdonck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -

The current description doesn't fullfill it's purpose.

> idesk plops icons down on your root window (desktop).

`Plops'? What's that?
And wearing my dummy desktop user hat, WTF is a root window?

> It includes support for PNG alpha layers, and pretty antialiased text
> with Xft

Same hat; what are alpha layers and Xft?
I'd rather just talk about translucent [1] icons and pretty antialiased [2]
text without mentioning PNG alpha layers or Xft.
Also, this sentence needs a . at the end, and it could be separated from the
previous one (although that isn't strictly necessary).

Now, I've read the entire description, and either as a dummy or non-dummy
user I still don't know what I can do with the icons. Are they:
- some sort of shortcuts?
- actual files and directories?
- both?
- icons for minimized applications, as in the iconbox of some motif based
  desktops?


Regards,

Filip

[1] Assuming that's what it does; if it only means that the icons can have
completely transparant parts that's hardly a feature, and I'd rather
consider it a misfeature of any icon using app which doesn't do that.

[2] It's debatable if a dummy user knows what antialiased text is, but it is
good enough a feature to mention it even if only for more experienced
computer users.

- End forwarded message -

Bye
Thorsten

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